There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.

I think being an outsider in general always helps you in comedy. I think it helps to have an outsider's eye. And so I have an outsider's voice. You know, as soon as I start talking, I don't belong here. And I think that helps in a way.

I have a green card now, but they can take that away, yeah, they can take that away at any moment. So please don't; please let me keep it.

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm John Oliver. Jon Stewart is still not here. He is currently living out a live-action Lord of the Rings role-playing experience deep in the New Zealand wilderness.

You know that things are not going well when you lose the moral high ground to a TMZ reporter.

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.